Ang Sony ay nag-develop ng isang kaset na may 185TB espasyo sa pag-iimbak

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Hindi, Sony ay hindi nagsisimulang magkaroon ng nostalgia sa paggawa ng isang cassette tape. Kahit na itinuturing itong isang bagay na nakaraan, mayroon itong malaking 185 terabytes (o 189,440GB) lamang para sa layuning pang-storage – mas malaki kaysa sa anumang modernong CD, DVD, o Blu-ray discs na makikita mo ngayon.

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Ang dahilan kung bakit gumawa ang isang Japanese company ng cassette tape na may ganitong kapasidad ay hindi para sa paggawa ng mixtape na magtatagal ng mga dekada. Hindi, pang-archival ito nang pangunahin dahil ang magnetic tape storage ay high density tapes na mas mura, mas power efficient, at mas reliable kaysa sa storage na disc-based.

Ang kaset na ito ay may 148GB ng writable space bawat square inch. Kapag inihahambing natin ito sa mga karaniwang kaset na ginagamit ngayon para sa storage na may 29.5GB lamang bawat square inch, ito ay tunay na malayo sa pinakabagong imbensyon ng Sony.

Binabanggit ng kumpanya na nais nitong palawakin ang teknolohiyang ito sa publiko, ngunit hindi pa nakikilala kailan o kung gagawa man talaga nito. Dito pumapasok ang isang tanong: Kailangan ba ng isang karaniwang mamimili (tulad mo, halimbawa) ng 185TB na imbakan?

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40 Comments

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dags · 12 years ago

Looks like a lot of people here don’t know that this tape storage isn’t ideal for daily use. Tape storage is commonly used for archiving data and not as a storage device that can be used for daily activities.

A lot of data companies still use tape storage because they’re much cheaper and more reliable for archival and long-term storage than your typical clacking mechanical hard drive.

Source: I do work as a System Administrator in a data mining company and we do tape backups.

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minos · 12 years ago

True that, we’re using PowerVault Tape Drive Storage, it’s not meant for Consumer-oriented data backup and archiving…

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ballpen · 12 years ago

This thing will melt my ballpen.

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Needs Extra Space · 12 years ago

DPWH

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Needs Extra Space. · 12 years ago

Yes person like me having number or project definitely needs it. I already have 16 external drives @ 1TB each contains Structural Plans, ACAD layout and other paper documents usually DPHW required. I have my own 3TB WD Cloud for fast, easy and convenient use without paying such amount to Smart network. With 3TB WD Cloud I can sync all my devices from work to home.

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Mr A · 12 years ago

By public I hope it doesn’t mean enterprise public. It wouldn’t hurt for the average consumer to have an archival option such as this.

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Kenneth · 12 years ago

Does it mean it needs to be rewinded as well?
:)

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Hen-Sheen · 12 years ago

I’m no stranger to this tech. In fact, this would be ideal if I have a Commodore 64 in my possession. And if that tape was Laserbeak, I would stop whatever I’m doing, and runaway like there’s no tomorrow!

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Justin · 12 years ago

… spoken like a true nerd! :)

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aze · 12 years ago

very good for archiving old database files.

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TC · 12 years ago

if you can handle the sequential read access times then why not.

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witchcraft · 12 years ago

Sequential would theoretically be fine. It’s random access times that are gonna be piss-poor. If ever they make the drive motors spin faster to make up for it, then they might also tear the tape to pieces.

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dude like Wo · 12 years ago

im sure that most of the people this day wants a device with an almost unlimited storage capacity, tho the problem here is how to process, if that thing process few Gbs of data for several hours, then it is a no.

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someone · 12 years ago

I probably would have filled 10TB of that tape by now if it came out 4 years ago.

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doood · 12 years ago

working in a creatives company dealing with large files.. i need this!

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Fleeb · 12 years ago

I am pretty sure that the consumer version of this product will not be offered with a 185 TB capacity.

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rafer · 12 years ago

it depends, how much porn does a man really need?

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vhong · 12 years ago

a just question, answerable by “more”….

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wew · 12 years ago

fuck

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archie · 12 years ago

Photographers will be the first customer if this will be developed and become mainstream.

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